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In This Issue
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Air ForceAir Force Acquisition Official: ‘APG-85 Is A Helluva Radar Unless You Don’t Have One’
AURORA, Colo.–While it may take two years to field, a dual-mount bulkhead in the nose of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 to accommodate both the AN/APG-81 radar or the twice […]
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Air ForceUSAF And Northrop Grumman Break Ground On Sentinel Prototype Silo
AURORA, Colo.–On Feb. 13, the U.S. Air Force broke ground on a prototype silo for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM at the company’s Promontory, Utah, site, officials […]
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Defense WatchDefense Watch: Black Arrow and Blackbeard, Jordan KuMRFS, Epirus and DFT
If We Don’t Fund It, You Will. Top U.S. Air Force officials have said that they want to move quickly to space-based air moving target indication to replace the service’s […]
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Air ForceKratos, GE Win Air Force Contract For GEK1500 Engine Preliminary Design
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] announced it and partner GE Aerospace [GE] recently won an Air Force contract to finish the preliminary design of their new GK1500 engine aimed […]
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Air ForceRolls-Royce F130 Engine For B-52 Passes Altitude And Operability Testing, Company Says
AURORA, Colo.—Rolls-Royce said on Tuesday that it has completed altitude and operability testing for the company’s F130 engine as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) […]
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BudgetPentagon Details Plan To Increase Reconciliation Spending To Over $150 Billion In FY ‘26
The Pentagon will now look to spend over $150 billion in reconciliation funds this fiscal year, submitting a plan to Congress outlining efforts to advance the Golden Dome missile defense […]
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Air ForceUSAF Primed To Buy Large Number Of KC-46s In FY 2027; No Look At KC-390
AURORA, Colo.–As the Air Force aims to correct Category 1 deficiencies on the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker, the service is poised to buy a large number in the fiscal […]